Paediatric Nurse Advisor | Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Posting date:	11 June 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£29,970 - £36,483 pro rata per annum
Hours:	Part time
Closing date:	11 July 2025
Location:	Norwich, NR23TU
Company:	Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7235978/839-7235978-RB

Summary

· The Paediatric Nurse Advisors are a small team of Children’s nurses who work closely with parents and carers, as well as other health and care professionals, to offer nursing care and support to children with health needs in order for them to attend school safely.

For example-

· Providing advice and training for families and school staff to support the needs of the child.

· Supporting children with complex health needs and disabilities within the school setting.

· Formulating health care plans with families for use in school.

· Signposting to other services.

· Providing a link between health, schools and families.
• Attending appointments and reviews.

· The post holder will be expected to participated as part of an integrated team using a person centred approach, access, plan, implement and evaluate care delivered.

· To provide quality care to children in partnership with families and carers as commissioned and described within the service specification.

· Assess the health and nursing care needs of children and young people within the individual care environment. To develop, implement and evaluate nursing care plans in partnership with the patient/young person families and carers whilst working in close co-operation with other disciplines.

· To assist the training of less experienced registered staff, nursing auxiliaries, health care assistants and student nurses ensuring compliance to NMC standards to support learning and assessment in practice.

· To provide, implement and regularly assess the teaching of specific nursing techniques, including invasive procedures to identified staff in a variety of settings.

· To support and train parents/carers in the correct use of identified medical equipment.

· Administer medications, treatments and interventions as prescribed and to monitor their effects.

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Main Duties & Responsibilities

Clinical



· The post holder will be expected to participated as part of an integrated team using a person centred approach, access, plan, implement and evaluate care delivered.

· To provide quality care to children in partnership with families and carers as commissioned and described within the service specification.

· Assess the health and nursing care needs of children and young people within the individual care environment. To develop, implement and evaluate nursing care plans in partnership with the patient/young person families and carers whilst working in close co-operation with other disciplines.

· To assist the training of less experienced registered staff, nursing auxiliaries, health care assistants and student nurses ensuring compliance to NMC standards to support learning and assessment in practice.

· To provide, implement and regularly assess the teaching of specific nursing techniques, including invasive procedures to identified staff in a variety of settings.

· To support and train parents/carers in the correct use of identified medical equipment.

· Administer medications, treatments and interventions as prescribed and to monitor their effects.



Professional



· To act as a specialist support, educator and resource to all other relevant professionals, e.g. health, education, social care and voluntary agencies.

· To offer and provide relevant training and support and advice to teaching welfare and social services staff in relation to children and young peoples individual needs.

· To support the Integrated Team Leader and Professional Champion in the development of the team and build on the existing service to meet the changing needs of children/young people with complex health care needs.

· To work with the Integrated Team Leader and Professional Champion to develop evidence based practice by utilising research and auditing clinical effectiveness for the children in the community.

· To contributed to the development of guidelines, protocols and care pathways for the management of children with complex surgical problems, enteral feeding, oxygen, catheterisation etc.

· Ensure that all practice is in accordance with the most recent NMC Code: Standards of conduct, performance and ethics: Standards for Medicines, Management and Standards of Record Keeping.

· To comply with all policies, procedures, clinical protocols, standards and guild lines based on legislation, evidence based nursing practice and NMC guidelines for conduct and professional practice.



Organisational



· To act in accordance with the Norfolk Safeguarding Children’s Board policies and procedures in relation to child protection issues. To attend annual update session for Level 3 safeguarding training.

· To apply analytical skills through application of Framework for Assessment of Need in order to support assessment process, report writing.

· To collect data as required on caseload activity

· To participate in clinical and child protection supervision according to Trust policy.

· To evaluate and develop own knowledge and practice using personal development plans and appropriate learning opportunities in order to apply learning to future practice.



Research & Development

· May be required to undertake surveys or audits, as necessary to own work; may occasionally participate in R&D, clinical trials or equipment testing.




This advert closes on Monday 7 Jul 2025

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